<p>thanks for the advice calmom! I didn’t mention that had I been allowed to take Calc, I would have by all means. It just turns out, through a long story that starts from my sophomore year, that I was bumped off the “track” to taking calc in my senior year. Also, maybe I didn’t make it clear, but again, I simply was not at the right math level to take calc; it just wasn’t allowed, so it wasn’t my choice or anything NOT to take it.</p>
<p>It’s just that my not taking Calc in comparison to other seniors (im still not sure on whether colleges compare you to your classmates?) would seem to me a bit negative, but not “Fatal” or anything. </p>
<p>Of course there are kids who get into HYPMS without having taking calculus, but in my mind, when the “best and the brightest” get into those schools, I myself personally assume many, but not all of them, have taken the hardest and highest-level courses, calculus being one of them (if their school has it). Again, I don’t know if HYPMS and other schools compare you to your peers from the same school, but if they do, then my not taking calc will hurt me somewhat. </p>
<p>Btw, it’s great that your daughter got to do the things she really loved and cared about, and didn’t try to manipulate her schedule so that it would please the admins. Off the subject, i didn’t know there was an AP Russian. I thought the AP Russian program was supposed to come out in a year or two ?</p>